Having not been much of a fan of KMKY, but having first been a fan of IAP, I think what dissatisfies me about TT is not seeing enough of Real Alan. We just see Presenting Alan, with his weird pronunciations. Then when Real Alan slips out, there's not enough context for it. In IAP, the majority of the episode was Real Alan, with the odd bit at the radio station, and everyone else was more or less realistic around him (and they were in the same position as we were, c.f. Sophie getting the giggles at Alan being ridiculous). Whereas with TT, the whole thing has to be seen as a parody, instead of just Alan, and it goes OTT compared to IAP.
That's enough initialisms for now, I think. Here's a film about otters in the Outer Hebrides.
Comedies don’t generally have a realistic premise, but the humour is usually enough to be able to suspend your belief. This Time, however, is just generally lacking in humour apart from the occasional funny line or moment.
In the abscene of being really funny, you start to question the premise. Alan would never have been asked back for the second show, his co-presenter would surely have led the tributes to the former presenter, the rival presenter introduced in episode 2 would get the gig going forward and a co-presenter wouldn’t leave awkward pauses (which is really the main joke).
Clearly Partridge has his dedicated fans online, but I can see why it’s flopped to be honest. Partridge’s return to mainstream TV seems to be about 10 years too late.
Comedies don’t generally have a realistic premise, but the humour is usually enough to be able to suspend your belief. This Time, however, is just generally lacking in humour apart from the occasional funny line or moment.
In the abscene of being really funny, you start to question the premise. Alan would never have been asked back for the second show, his co-presenter would surely have led the tributes to the former presenter, the rival presenter introduced in episode 2 would get the gig going forward and a co-presenter wouldn’t leave awkward pauses (which is really the main joke).
Clearly Partridge has his dedicated fans online, but I can see why it’s flopped to be honest. Partridge’s return to mainstream TV seems to be about 10 years too late.
Well it's good to know those in the industry are having fun with it
Richard Osman: "On set at ‘House Of Games’, and just had the opportunity to say “Could I have some water please, my mouth is dry.” I hope I am the first of many presenters to make this reference."
You've been quite clear in what you look for in comedy, and I don't think you were ever going to find This Time funny using such rigid boundaries.
What I look for in comedy is for it to be funny. Pretty simple. Like I said previously I was a huge fan of Partridge from his first appearance and have no problem with his ludicrous or unrealistic behaviour. Mid Morning Matters was laugh-out funny on first viewing. This isn't (for me), and that's just my opinion.
Partridge’s return to mainstream TV seems to be about 10 years too late.
He was never mainstream in the first place. The last series on BBC 2 averaged between 3 and 3.7m in the officials and that was 17 years ago. In context that's just a bit more than Ready Steady Cook was getting on BBC 2 at the time which aired at 4.30!
It was a media/industry darling just like Fleabag is at the moment.
I have been meaning to listen to it. However if a comedy show needs a podcast to explain itself, I'd suggest it's not a very good show and I suspect the viewing figures reflect that. Having the writers explain it is not going to make it funny.
It doesn't need explanation, it stands by itself perfectly fine. But hearing what they say about the decisions they made is interesting and clears up some of the points made here.
Partridge’s return to mainstream TV seems to be about 10 years too late.
He was never mainstream in the first place. The last series on BBC 2 averaged between 3 and 3.7m in the officials and that was 17 years ago. In context that's just a bit more than Ready Steady Cook was getting on BBC 2 at the time which aired at 4.30!
It was a media/industry darling just like Fleabag is at the moment.
Fair point, but the bosses must have believed that Partridge has become mainstream in the time he’s been off air. 1.9m on BBC Two would be fine, but on BBC One it looks to have flopped.
I thought Fleabag was far better, managing to deal with tragic issues yet still be absolutely hilarious. It’s not mainstream enough (or that suitable) for primetime BBC One, but would do brilliantly on Netflix.
I'm not desperate to find it funny, I do find it
very
funny. I think the writing and performance is brilliant. Of course a lot of that is down to it being Alan... it's an Alan Partridge show!
But no, not forcing myself to enjoy it for the sake of Alan.
I'm not desperate to find it funny, I do find it
very
funny. I think the writing and performance is brilliant. Of course a lot of that is down to it being Alan... it's an Alan Partridge show!
But no, not forcing myself to enjoy it for the sake of Alan.
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve been a fan for many years, but I don’t force myself to find everything Partridge hilarious. I was disappointed by much of the second I’m Alan Partridge series and some of the Sky Atlantic programmes.
This Time, on the other hand, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed so far, and it’s made me laugh throughout.
Some people on here seem to forget that comedy is totally subjective, and just because something doesn’t make them laugh, stating as a fact that it isn’t funny is simply ridiculous.
